One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary

One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, works with 574 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.3%; One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary posts 39.9%, +17.6 points above that line.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 574). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 17% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.